Removable seat for vehicles



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J. P. MOORE.

REMOVABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

No. 396,827. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.,

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J. P. MOORE.

REMOVABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLES. No. 396,827. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE,

JOHN P. MOORE, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

REMOVABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 396,827, dated January 29, 18819.

Application filed October 24:, 1888. Serial No. 289,053. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Removable Seats, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a removable seat for buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other vehicles, adapted to be arranged adjacent to the dash for the acconnnodation of children, and also adapted, when not in use as a seat, to form a convenient box or receptacle for luggage.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the improved seat arranged in the operative position in a buggy. Fig. 2 is a transverse central sectional View thereof, showing the seatcover raised in dotted lines to show the manner of arranging the same when it is to be used to contain luggage. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the standard for the seat. Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the bowed arms which form the ends of the seat. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing a modified form of attachment for the seat.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the bottomof the seat, which is supported at each end on standards E B, the said standards consisting of the front legs, 0, provided at their lower ends with horizontal eyes 0, and the rear legs, 0, which are provided at their lower ends with the hooks c.

The floorD of the buggyis provided a short distance from the dash E with small keepers or staples F F, in which the hooks c are e11- gaged, and G G are vertical threaded bolts arranged close to the said dash, 011 which the eyes 0 c are arranged. The upper ends of the said bolts are engaged by the thumb-nuts g g, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It will be understood that to arrange the seat in the buggy it is simply necessary to engage the hooks on the lower ends of the rear legs with the keepers in the buggy, engage the eyes on the lower ends of the front legs with the threaded bolts, and tighten the thumb-nuts.

The front edge of the bottom. A is arranged close to the dash, and the latter, projecting above the said bottom, forms the back of the seat. A riser, H, is arranged at the rear edge of the bottom, and to it is hinged the front edge of the seat-cover I, which is upholstered in any preferred manner on its upper side. The rear edge of the said cover is extended slightly beyond the riser to form an overhanging flange, K, which is adapted, when the cover is raised to its vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to bear against the rear edge of the bottom and hold the said cover in this position. Arms L L, of bowed metal rods or any other suitable material, are arranged at the ends of the bottom, and are covered with the leather aprons M M to form the ends of the receptacle when the cover of the seat is raised to form the rear side thereof. It will be evident that the dash forms the front of the said receptacle.

It will be seen that when the cover is in its horizontal position it is raised slightly above the bottom to form a slight space, in which may be placed the lap-robes, the aprons, or any other similar articles which will lie in a flat space; but when the cover is raised valises and other articles of bulk may be placed therein, and they will be supported out of the way of the occupants of the vehicle, for the reason that the space under the bottom, being unobstructed, the feet of the occupants may be accommodated therein.

This device is simple. It may be readily applied to a vehicle, and is detachable by simply loosening the thumb-nuts, and when in use the inconvenience due to carrying luggage will be obviated. Further, the front and rear sides of the bowed arms are jointed orhinged at points m m close to the seat, so that if desired the said arms may be folded down 011 the seat out of the way.

Instead of the projecting flange 011 the front edge of the seat-cover, stop-hinges may be employed, as they will accomplish the same purpose.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise details of construction herein described, as I may make slight alterations therein without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, various means for securing the seat in the vehicle may be employed, one of which is shown in the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which the lower ends of the front legs are provided with hooks engaging keepers 011 the floor of the buggy, and the lower ends of the rear legs are seated in sockets in the floor. To remove the seat, it is simply necessary to raise the rear legs until disengaged from their sockets and then draw the seat rearwardly.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a seat for vehicles, the combination of the bottom arranged close to the dash and supported on suitable standards and the seatcover hinged at its edge to the edge of the bottom, substantially as specified.

2. In a seat for vehicles, the combination, with the bottom arranged close to the dash, of the arms at the ends of the bottom, and the seat-cover hinged to the rear edge of the bot-' tom and adapted to be held in a vertical position to form, with the dash and the arms, a suitable luggage-receptacle, substantially as specified.

In a seat for vehicles, the combination of the bottom arranged adjacent to the dash, the bowed arms arranged at the ends of the bottom, the aprons M M, arranged on the arms, and the seat-cover hinged to the rear edge of the bottom and provided at its rear edge with an overhanging flange to bear against the rear edge of the bottom when the cover is raised, substantially as specified.

4. In a seat for vehicles, the combination of the bottom arranged adjacent to the dash, the arms provided with aprons arranged at the ends of the bottom, the riser on the rear edge of the bottom, and the seat-cover hinged to the said riser and projecting at its front edge beyond the same, substantially as specified.

5. In a seat for vehicles, the combination, with the bottom provided with a suitable cover, of the standards affixed to the bottom and having the legs 0, provided with hooks to engage keepers on the vehicle, and the legs 0, provided with eyes engaging bolts on the vehicle, substantially as specified.

6. In a seat for vehicles, the combination, with the bottom provided with a suitable cover, of the standards affixed to the bottom and having the rear legs, C 0', provided at their lower ends with hooks c c, engaging keepers on the floor of the vehicle, the front legs, 0, provided at their lower ends with eyes 0 c, fitting over threaded bolts G on the fioor of the vehicle, and the thumb-nuts engaging the bolts above the eyes to hold the latter in position thereon, substantially as specified.

7. A seat arranged close to the dash-board of a vehicle and provided with a hinged cover, which when thrown up into a vertical position forms a space or receptacle for luggage, substantially as specified.

8. The bottom arranged adjacent to the dashboard so that the latter will form a side wall for the bottom, combined with the seat hinged to the bottom, so that when the seatis arranged down on the bottom the dash-board will form the back for the seat, and when the seat is thrown up vertically the dash-board will form one side of the luggage-receptacle while the seat will form the other side, as set forth.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. Moons.

lVitn esses:

B. MEEK, R. B. MEEK. 

